Nakano Broadway
Five Floors of Used Manga, Old Toys and Collectibles in Nakano
A shopping complex from 1966 whose basement to fourth floor hold some 200 shops, a large share of...
Nezu Museum
Korin's Irises Screen Each Spring and a Hillside Garden Behind Omotesando
A museum of Japanese and East Asian art built on railway magnate Nezu Kaichiro's estate, with a 2...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Free Views From 202 Meters, With Mt. Fuji on Clear Winter Days
Two free observation decks on the 45th floor of Tokyo's city hall in Nishi-Shinjuku, 202 meters a...
Ueno Toshogu
A Gold-Leaf Shrine to Ieyasu That Survived War, Quake and Air Raid
Tokugawa Ieyasu's shrine in Ueno Park, founded in 1627; the gold-leaf Konjiki-den and its gates w...
Hie Shrine
Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other
A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...
Izu Oshima
A Live Volcano and a Black Ash Desert, 1h45 by Jet Foil from Tokyo
The largest of the Izu Islands, about 120 km south of central Tokyo, built around Mt. Mihara (758...
Jinata Onsen
A Free Hot Spring in the Sea Rocks of Shikinejima, Timed by the Tide
Rock pools at the foot of a narrow cleft on Shikinejima's south coast, where iron-rich spring wat...
Mount Kumotori
Tokyo's Highest Point at 2,017 m, Best Done with a Night in a Hut
At 2,017 m on the border with Saitama and Yamanashi, Kumotori is the highest point in Tokyo and o...
Mount Mitake
A Cable Car, 330 Steps and a Wolf Shrine Above Ome
A 929 m mountain in Ome topped by Musashi Mitake Shrine, reached by a 6-minute cable car and abou...
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Postwar Japanese Art in a Glass Hall at the Edge of Kiba Park
Tokyo's public museum of contemporary art, opened in 1995 on the north edge of Kiba Park, with ab...
Tama Zoological Park
Tokyo's Hillside Zoo Without Cages, Four Times the Size of Ueno
A zoo spread over more than 50 hectares of the Tama Hills, opened in 1958 as Japan's first zoo de...
The National Art Center, Tokyo
A Wavy Glass Facade, 14,000 m² of Galleries and No Collection
A national art center in Roppongi with no collection of its own, only temporary exhibitions in 12...
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Japan's First Public Art Museum, Where Each Show Has Its Own Ticket
Opened in 1926 as Japan's first public art museum. There is no permanent collection display: the ...
Yasukuni Shrine
Tokyo's Official Cherry Tree and a 25-Meter Torii at Kudanshita
A large Shinto shrine at the top of Kudan-zaka, founded in 1869, that enshrines those who died fo...
Gotoku-ji
The Setagaya Temple Where the Beckoning Cat Got Its Start
The Ii family's Edo temple in Setagaya, where shelves of white beckoning cats surround the Shofuk...